Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-12 - Hunting and Fishing Accommodations for People With Disabilities
Section R657-12-7 - Special Season Extension for Disabled Persons - General Deer, Elk and Wild Turkey Hunts
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-12-7
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) A person may obtain a Certificate of Registration from a division office to hunt an extended general deer, elk or wild turkey season as provided in Subsection (2), provided the person requesting the extension:
(a) is
blind, quadriplegic, upper extremity disabled, paraplegic, or otherwise
permanently disabled so as to be permanently confined to a wheelchair or the
use of crutches, or who has lost either or both lower extremities;
(b) satisfies the hunter education
requirements as provided in Section
23-19-11
and Rule R657-23; and
(c) obtains
the appropriate license, permit and tag.
(2)
(a) The
extended general deer season may include:
(i)
a hunt immediately preceding the general any weapon buck deer season opening
date published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game;
(A) the extension may not apply to general
any weapon deer hunts with season length restrictions.
(b) The extended general spike
bull elk season may occur five days after the general season spike bull elk
hunt published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big
game.
(c) The extended general any
bull elk season may occur concurrently with the general youth any bull elk hunt
published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game.
(d) The extended general wild turkey season
may occur seven days prior to the limited entry turkey hunt season as published
in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking Upland Game and Wild
Turkey.
(3) The division shall accept the following as evidence of disability:
(a) obvious physical impediment;
(b) use of any mobility device described in
Section
R657-12-2(2)(b);
(c) a signed statement by a licensed
ophthalmologist, optometrist, or a physician verifying the person is blind as
defined under Section
R657-12-2(2)(a);
or
(d) a signed statement by a
licensed physician verifying the person is quadriplegic, upper extremity
disabled as defined under Section
R657-12-2(2)(d),
paraplegic, or otherwise permanently disabled so as to be permanently confined
to a wheelchair or the use of crutches, or has lost either or both lower
extremities.
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